
AMD announces Alveo MA35D Media Accelerator
With two 5nm VPUs
AMD has announced its most advanced media accelerator to date, the AMD Alve MA35D, featuring two 5nm, ASIC-based video processing units (VPUs) with support for AV1 compression.

AMD and Samsung extend IP licensing agreement for AMD Radeon Graphics
Bringing Radeon graphics technology to Samsung Exynos SoCs
AMD has Samsung have both announced a signing of a multi-year agreement extension that will bring ultra-low-power AMD Radeon graphics to Samsung Exynos SoCs.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D reviews are out
Roundup: Leading gaming CPU with impressive power draw
Reviews of AMD's third Ryzen 7000X3D SKU, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, are now out, and this 8-core/16-thread CPU with 3D V-Cache, packs some serious gaming power, and doing it at impressively low power draw.

Asus ROG Ally is coming as Steam Deck competitor
Impressive specifications with Zen 4 and RDNA3 APU
Asus managed to surprise everyone as it appears that the ROG Ally is actually a real product, rather than an April Fools' Day prank. While there are still a lot of unknown details, a bunch of information has appeared in the last few days including two hands-on videos, showing the prototype in full detail.

AMD releases Software Adrenalin 23.4.1 WHQL driver
Meet Your Maker and The Last of Us Part 1 optimizations
AMD has released its latest Adrenalin Edition 23.4.1 WHQL GPU driver which brings support for Meet Your Maker game, as well as game optimizations for The Last of Us Part 1. It also fixes a couple of issues.

AMD officially announced new A620 chipset for Ryzen 7000 series CPUs
ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI show their motherboards
AMD has officially announced its new A620 chipset, giving an entry-level motherboard option for its Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI have already announced their own motherboards, and AMD says these should start at $85.

Gigabyte admits Ryzen CPU press release was a mistake
Not sure how you do that
Gigabyte has admitted that a statement found in a recent press release announcing the launch of a next generation of Ryzen CPU in 2023 was a mistake.

AMD releases new driver optimized for The Last of Us Part I
No need for it unless you are playing that game
AMD has decided to update the graphics driver a bit early to fix some of the performance issues seen with Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part I game.

Intel promises Sierra Forest in the first half of next year
Targeting data centre customers
Intel Sierra Forest, its first semiconductor for data centre customers focused on power efficiency, , would be delivered in the first half of next year.

AM5 motherboard adoption slow
AMD promises radical price cuts
Six months after the launch of Ryzen 7000-series processors, AM5 motherboard prices are still too high and AMD has decided to step in and do something about it.